Care for white shoes

For many years, people believed that white shoes are appropriate only for a wedding, but with the development of modern technology and the emergence of fashion trends, it was used in everyday life. Today, light shades are actively pouring into the masses, so every person in the closet has a pair of snow-white sandals, shoes or sneakers. In our time, white shoes are worn in summer as well as in winter, and even in the rainy off-season. But you need to take into account that taking care of white shoes is not an easy task, you can not do with a usual wet rag or sponge with cream. In this article, we will try to understand whether it is really so difficult to take care of white leather shoes at home and how to do it correctly.

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Basic recommendations for the care of white shoes

Leather white shoes need special care, but before you learn how to clean it of stale dirt and stains, you need to figure out how to prevent their occurrence. There are several recommendations, compliance with which will transform the care of light shoes into a quick and simple procedure:

• To the first exit to the street in snow-white footwear, you must prepare in advance, namely from the evening to treat it with a special impregnation that repels water and allow it to dry completely. Then this procedure will need to be repeated periodically to preserve the color and elasticity of the white skin for a longer time.

Important! The products of Salamander, Silver brands have proven themselves, but you can also choose another brand that is more suitable for you.

• After each arrival from the street, it is necessary to carry out a surface cleaning of such shoes. It is only necessary to wipe it with a sponge or a cloth soaked in warm water. It does not take you much time, but will save you in the future from looking for a more aggressive means to clean the light skin.
• Carefully choose means for the care of white shoes. Such products are characterized by increased softness, which means that the sponge should be with a soft pile and without abrasive particles. That's why you can not use the same sponge to clean all the shoes in the house.

Important! You can not store leather white shoes, sneakers, sandals or boots next to the colored shoes, especially black. Otherwise, the white skin will darken and fade.

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Popular ways to clean white leather shoes at home

There are a huge number of methods how to wash white shoes yourself, but we will consider the safest and most effective ones. So, quickly and qualitatively clear white leather products such means.

Soap solution

This method is considered the most obvious, because it is enough to just pour a little warm water in a bowl and add a few drops of liquid soap or shampoo. In this solution, you need to moisten a rag and gently rub the shoes in a circular motion.

Fresh onion

It is necessary to peel the bulb from the husk and cut it in half. We unfold the onion to the surface of the shoe and carefully wipe it. Once it is all moistened with bulbous liquid, it will be necessary to wipe the skin with a dry cloth. With this method, you can remove both stains and dirt, while the skin itself remains intact.

Important! The only obvious disadvantage of this remedy is an unpleasant smell. But within a few days it will fade.

Egg white plus milk

This method of cleaning is tested not by one generation of housewives, and it is rightly considered the best, because these ingredients are always in the fridge for any person. In addition, they are natural, have a wonderful cleansing effect and give shoe whiteness, radiance.

So, you need to take one egg white, gently mix it with half a glass of milk. The resulting mixture must be treated with a surface of dirty shoes, and the stains instantly disappear.

Tooth powder or toothpaste

This is no less effective and effective method of cleaning white shoes from the skin. You just need to apply a small paste ball to the old clean brush, gently rub the contamination sites.

Important! In the case of snow-white skin, it is still better to use tooth powder, since it consists of more natural ingredients, there are no dyes in it, as in many toothpastes.

Lemon juice

To clean the white leather shoes in this way, you should:

1. Dilute two tablespoons of lemon juice in a glass of water.
2. Then dab the brush into the resulting solution, wipe the areas where there are stains, dirt.

Important! Citric acid acts in the same way as chemical solutions, but only its composition is extremely natural.

Baking soda

You can not think of a better solution, because soda is often used to whiten various surfaces, products, and even to lighten your teeth. To clean leather white shoes, you need to prepare a solution of water and soda in a ratio of one to one. Immediately after treatment, allow the surface to dry completely.

Eraser

It's hard to believe, but the most ordinary white eraser copes with the removal of point pollution.

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How to deal with more complex spots on white leather shoes?

All the above methods, of course, are effective, but this is not a panacea, they only help to regularly take care of such products and eliminate current contaminants. Next, we learn what and how to clean white leather boots at home, when the spots are too deeply ingrained in the material, for example, traces of rust or ballpoint pen.

Such cases are considered more complicated, but in principle, nothing is impossible here. Below we present a list of proven aggressive agents used to clean the most difficult contaminants:

• Liquid for removing varnish.
• Oxygen bleach.
• Hydrogen Peroxide.
• Refined gasoline.
• Acetone.

Important! All these substances are effective enough, but at the same time they are aggressive, so use them with extreme caution.

All of them are used according to the standard scheme: a wadded disc or a cloth patch is dipped into the selected liquid, local contamination is wiped to the full disappearance, then the surface is treated with an aqueous solution. Drying shoes after such treatment is better in the fresh air.

Important! Never dry white leather products in the sun, otherwise - they will very quickly turn yellow. To accelerate the drying process, you can not use the battery, because this causes the shoe to crack.

Now you know how to take care of white shoes at home. Depending on the degree of pollution, you will be able to choose what to clean and how. But remember that you only need to use soft sponges and gloves.